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Hi All. Three days ago Home Serve installed a new, bigger boiler. Since then all the radiators have been banging SOOOO LOUD and one radiator bangs, hisses, and eventually spits out water through the valve but does not get hot (barely warm).
So three days without heat in my bedroom and a heating company (not the one that installed the boiler) comes out and refuses to do anything until Home Serve puts the correct pipe on the boiler. Prior to the boiler change my bedroom radiator was fine and the rest of the radiators work fine so I don’t think it’s the pipe.
Before I go calling another company can anyone tell me if they have any ideas why it’s happening?
Thanks in advance.
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Chances are it is the piping around the boiler, plus most likely the pressure is too high, plus the boiler is oversized... all in all, a whole bunch of problems.
Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England.
Hoffman Equipped System (all original except boiler), Weil-Mclain 580, 2.75 gph Carlin, Vapourstat 0.5 -- 6.0 ounces per square inch
Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England.
Hoffman Equipped System (all original except boiler), Weil-Mclain 580, 2.75 gph Carlin, Vapourstat 0.5 -- 6.0 ounces per square inch
"Reducing our country's energy consumption, one system at a time"
Steam, Vapor & Hot-Water Heating Specialists
Oil & Gas Burner Service
Baltimore, MD (USA) and consulting anywhere.
https://heatinghelp.com/find-a-contractor/detail/all-steamed-up-inc
I'm also a little concerned that it looks like they may have pulled the mains down a bit to tie into the risers out of the header. The mains, at least two of them seem to pitch down towards the header and one of them is even elbowed up to the main. I see no drips to the wet return. Do you get any water hammer? Maybe just the angle of your pictures (except for the main that is definitely elbowed up).
The header APPEARS to meet the MINIMUM requirements in the I/O instructions, but it would have been much better if they had done 2 risers off of the boiler and used a 3" header.
As Fred said, better than most of the installs we see.
You can choose to do what you want, but you cannot choose the consequences.
It can also be hard to distinguish from expansion noises sometimes. Expansion noises tend to have more of a ring to them, and also tend to be rather regular (though not always) while water hammer is usually louder and sounds -- as the name suggests -- more like someone hitting the pipe with a hammer.
Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England.
Hoffman Equipped System (all original except boiler), Weil-Mclain 580, 2.75 gph Carlin, Vapourstat 0.5 -- 6.0 ounces per square inch
"Reducing our country's energy consumption, one system at a time"
Steam, Vapor & Hot-Water Heating Specialists
Oil & Gas Burner Service
Baltimore, MD (USA) and consulting anywhere.
https://heatinghelp.com/find-a-contractor/detail/all-steamed-up-inc
> Thanks Jamie. The banging was very loud but not so much anymore. Home Serve came this morning and said they cannot do anything until I replace two valves.
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> Why can't they handle the replacement?
Because Home Serve is strictly for maintenace of furnaces and boilers.
"Reducing our country's energy consumption, one system at a time"
Steam, Vapor & Hot-Water Heating Specialists
Oil & Gas Burner Service
Baltimore, MD (USA) and consulting anywhere.
https://heatinghelp.com/find-a-contractor/detail/all-steamed-up-inc
I’m so frustrated because last night my mother’s radiator stopped working as well. This is real nonsense.
> Home Serve is a service/maintenance company connected to National Grid which is our heating company. They only maintain furnaces and boilers.
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> I’m so frustrated because last night my mother’s radiator stopped working as well. This is real nonsense.
Time to ditch Home Serve for a real boiler pro who won't put your family through such nonsense. Try the find a contractor tool available on the homepage. I'm sure you can find someone else who can assure you that the safety, reliability and efficiency of this equipment isn't an issue.
> Home Serve is a service/maintenance company connected to National Grid which is our heating company. They only maintain furnaces and boilers.
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> I’m so frustrated because last night my mother’s radiator stopped working as well. This is real nonsense.
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> The boiler needs a good skim.
Brother-in-law’s friend came and saw oil so Home Serve is coming tomorrow to flush it out and look at a part. Hopefully this will all be reaolved tomorrow.
Thanks.